Britain’s Got Talent Week 5

May 11, 2009

There are very few times in my life when I agree with Simon Cowell.

But when he called ‘Mr Methane’ a ‘disgusting little creature’, I wholeheartedly concurred.

And yet, I found it almost impossible to buzz the man who declared he was bringing the ‘fart into art.’

The harder he let rip, the harder I laughed.

And repulsive though he is, what he does is indisputably a talent, of sorts.

I mean, I can’t do that - even after a night on the chicken vindaloos in Delhi. Although I suspect Amanda could, she’s certainly not afraid to practice in the judges’ room - to Mr Cowell’s revulsion.

Methane was also the act who left the single most indelible mark after an audition in three years of the show. He literally stank the theatre out for hours afterwards, making us detest him even more.

As for the real talent, I absolutely loved Greg, the guy with the high-pitched woman’s voice who sang Nessun Dorma.

If this show is, at its heart, about variety, then they don’t come more varied than him. It was one of the most extraordinary, bizarre things I’ve witnessed - a fully grown man crooning like Katherine Jenkins.

But right at at the end of the show came another young singer who I think has a genuinely good chance of winning this year.

Shaun, the ‘good-looking Mick Hucknall’ as Simon called him, performed a dazzlingly good rendition of Ain’t No Sunshine. But more than that, he’s got the looks, youth, and ‘cool’ factor that will get the ladies hitting their phones to vote.

And as we saw with George Sampson last year, that can be a very powerful weapon.

Susan Boyle is still the one to beat, no question of that.

But she’s had such astonishing attention all over the world that it could possibly play against her, with people thinking she’s got it in the bag so why bother spending the money to vote….

Either way, the live shows are going to be sensational this year. And I can’t wait!

 

 

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